5 Most Challenging Social Problems

The 5 most challenging social problems facing the United States today are as follows:

1. People are forgetting how to be personally social. The digital world is taking over the lives of nearly every American. People communicate via digital devices more than they do face-to-face with each other. People are losing the skill of face-to-face communication. Before long, we won't even be able to look at each other without digital devices (Google Glass).

2. There is a huge divide between differing political parties in the US. The divide is growing and the disagreement is becoming more and more hostile. People don't want to listen to the other side's opinion, they want to demean the other side and make them feel bad. There is no more public debate, it is becoming a war.

3.  The family is definitely under attack in the US. Specifically for our beliefs, the traditional family is becoming less and less important. Instead, society is making way for progressive trains of thought. "People should be able to live with or marry whoever they want," is a common argument. Our beliefs value loving all men, but we do not need to tolerate the disintegration of the traditional family.

4. The government. I could probably leave it at that, but I will expound briefly. Spending is out of control. Trust is lost daily. The most powerful nation in the world is losing trust with it's own leadership. Corruption and lies abound. I could go on and on, but when the people start to turn on their own leaders, that is one problem that needs to be fixed quickly.

5. Bullying has come to the forefront as a major issue today. Not only physical, but social and cyber bullying has been growing more and more recently. It seems there are new cases every week of young people committing suicide because of overwhelming bullying. I don't know what the solution is, but we need to find one.